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Kinetic Typography

Pivot Flip Row

A row of split-flap cards flips letter by letter in a cascading wave, cycling through words in mint-on-purple departure-board style.

canvasmedium complexitymoderate motionclick

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When to use it

Airport/transit-themed UIs, countdown displays, hero text with a mechanical retro feel.

When not to

Contexts needing legible static text at all times; low-end devices where canvas redraws per frame may stutter.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Change the words array to ["CODE","SHIP","DONE"], set ACC to '#ffdb80' for an amber palette, and increase STEP to 120 for a slower cascade. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.

Safe to edit

  • words array (words=[...])
  • cascade delay (STEP=70ms)
  • flip duration (DUR=320ms)
  • accent color (ACC='#80ffdb')
  • hold time between words (650ms in frame loop)
  • font size scalar (H*0.42)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard + renderStatic fallback
  • visibilitychange stop/start
  • DPR-aware canvas sizing
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • All words should be similar length to avoid layout reflow mid-cycle; maxLen logic handles it but short words leave visible empty card slots
  • Click only restarts the cycle (resets t0), it does not advance to next word on demand

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